Tag: Falcon 9
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Photos: Falcon 9 rockets into dusky sky
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral on Monday after a 49-minute weather hold to wait for clouds to thin out overhead. The rocket finally lifted off into an overcast sky with a communications satellite built for Turkmenistan at 7:03 p.m. EDT (2303 GMT). Photo credit: SpaceX Photo credit: SpaceX Photo credit: SpaceX Photo…
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Falcon 9 rocket powers into space with satellite for Turkmenistan
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:03 p.m. EDT (2303 GMT) after a 49-minute weather delay. Credit: SpaceX A communications satellite for Turkmenistan soared into orbit Monday, climbing through gloomy skies over Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to give the Central Asian nation its first foothold in space. After waiting 49…
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Turkmenistan’s first satellite braced for liftoff
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket with Turkmenistan’s first satellite rolls out to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Sunday. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX ground crews transferred a Falcon 9 rocket to its seaside launch mount at Cape Canaveral on Sunday evening in preparation for liftoff Monday with Turkmenistan’s first satellite. Liftoff is set for 6:14 p.m. EDT…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches its fifth Falcon 9 flight of the year
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with the TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSat communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 lofts Turkmenistan’s first satellite
Making its second launch in less than a fortnight, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket carried Turkmenistan’s first satellite to orbit Monday evening following a liftoff from Cape Canaveral. The launch set sail at 19:03 after a series of weather delays within the window, before deploying the TurkmenÄlem 52E satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Falcon 9…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 lofts Turkmenistan’s first satellite
Making its second launch in less than a fortnight, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket carried Turkmenistan’s first satellite to orbit Monday evening following a liftoff from Cape Canaveral. The launch set sail at 19:03 after a series of weather delays within the window, before deploying the TurkmenÄlem 52E satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Falcon 9…
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Clouds in the forecast for Monday’s Falcon 9 launch
SpaceX’s mission patch for the Falcon 9 launch with TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSat. Credit: SpaceX Forecasters will be watching clouds and rain showers during the countdown before Monday’s launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Turkmenistan’s first communications satellite. The 22-story rocket is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral during a 90-minute launch window opening at 6:14…
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SpaceX ready for another launch and key Commercial Crew test
SpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on the next Falcon 9 rocket set to launch out of Florida, tasked with the lofting of the TurkmenistanSat spacecraft on April 27. SpaceX also passed a Test Readiness Review (TRR) for its Dragon 2 Pad Abort test, which is currently scheduled to take place on May 5.…
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SpaceX ready for another launch and key Commercial Crew test
SpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on the next Falcon 9 rocket set to launch out of Florida, tasked with the lofting of the TurkmenistanSat spacecraft on April 27. SpaceX also passed a Test Readiness Review (TRR) for its Dragon 2 Pad Abort test, which is currently scheduled to take place on May 5.…
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Throttle valve blamed for Falcon 9’s unsuccessful landing
SpaceX engineers have narrowed the cause of last week’s unsuccessful landing of a Falcon 9 rocket booster on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean on a commanding issue with an engine throttle valve, according to Elon Musk, the company’s founder and chief executive. Musk posted the update on Twitter late Saturday, and he confirmed the…